Be our guest
Chapter 11
Taker growls as he hears the music. He knows that Shawn is performing for that man. He ordered him not to give him dinner. He cannot eat unless he eats with him. He sneaks to the dining room to see the young man laughing. Taker blinks as he stares at the handsome man. He looks happy. Taker thinks about going out there. He came down to stop Shawn from singing so loud.
"Be our guest!"
Taker laughs a little as the boy can't get any food. He decides against it. He would let the young man enjoy the music and dinner. Taker turns around to go back to his room. He can hear the guest finishing the song. He closes his door and walks outside. He stares at the night sky. He can still picture the young man laughing. He wants to see him happy; but how if he is a monster.
"I hope he enjoys it here" whispers Taker.
He stares at the night sky. He takes in the beautiful sky in front of him. He then hears some crashing sound. He turns around to look in his room. He can see the young man slowly walking in room. Taker eyes widen as he sees him.
"Why did he come here?" he whispers. He gets angry but tries to remain calm.
John misplaces his foot and falls down. He tries not to make noise. He is going up the west wing. He was told not to go there, but he must. He needs to know what is at the west wing. When he asks the others either try to change the subject or tell him that it's nothing. He wants to make sure that it's nothing. He has a feeling that they are hiding something. He has to find out now.
He keeps walking but stops as he sees the hallway. It was full of knight statues, and gargoyles. John slowly walks hoping nothing pops out. He takes one deep breath and keeps walking. He takes a few steps and sees a door. He runs towards it and stops. He thinks twice about going in. He doesn't want to go in.
"I have to know what's in this room" whispers John
He takes one deep breath and opens the door. He slowly walks in. He gasps as he sees the room filled with furniture, but it is all broken. Everything is all in pieces; he blinks a few times and keeps walking. He trips on something but gets up slowly. He turns around to see a mirror broken. He looks to one side and sees a picture of a man. It is torn. John can't see the man clearly.
He takes one peace and tries to connect the photo. He can almost see the man; he notices something about the eyes.
He gasps as he stares at the green emerald eyes the man has. He then remembers the beast having those same green emerald eyes. John then realizes something.
"He…he…use to be human" he whispers
He looks carefully at the picture again.
"He was…what…happen?" he asks
He tries to look at from a different angle. He then hears something. He turns around and sees something glowing from the distance. It was glowing blue around the room. John blinks a few times and walks towards the glow.
His eyes widen as he sees a rose. It is red but glowing with blue light. John swallows as he gets closer; not knowing what to do. He looks at it carefully. He reaches for it but stops. He stares at it for a long time.
"A rose…?" whispers John "Why…is it glowing?"
He walks around it. He stops and looks at the glass that was covering it. John takes it off and places it gently next to the rose. He wants to grab the rose. He thinks it might be magical so he wants to know if it is magical. He slowly reaches for it until he sees a dark shadow growing closer to him.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!" yells the beast as he jumps in front of him.
John stays silent with fear.
"Why did you come here!" ask the beast
John couldn't think of anything to say. He tries to say something but he can't. He tries one more time; trying to tell him.
"I…"
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO IT!" yells Beast as he covers the rose. He stares at it hoping nothing happened. He turns towards John. "What did you do?!" he yells
"Nothing…" John whispers "I didn't mean any harm"
"DO you realize what you could've done!" he yells as he starts breaking stuff in front of him.
"Please…I didn't mean to upset you" says John
"GET OUT!" yells Taker as he breaks tables around him.
"Please stop" yells John
"Get out!" Taker yells
John runs for it. He doesn't look back.
"GO!" yells Taker. He stops as he sees him running away from him now.
John runs out the door; away from the west wing.
Taker eyes widen; realizing what he had done.
"Oh no" he whisper
Take stares blankly at the door. He takes one deep breath and looks down with sadness. He can still remember the fear in that young's man eyes. He can still see him standing there with fear. He is now gone; maybe he won't ever see him again.
"What have I done?"
John keeps running with all he got. He won't stop at nothing. He runs downstairs and straight to the exit.
Shawn and Hunter are sitting down enjoying their time. Hunter makes a move beating Shawn at the game of checkers.
"Beat ya" laughs Hunter
Shawn growls and starts laughing. "Well played…"
"Thank you"
"You are really good…man…I wish I was like you"
"You are better than me Shawn…and you know it"
"Oh…how I wish we were humans again…" said Shawn "I want to kiss you"
"I know…" smiles Hunter "I love you"
"Love you too"
"Another round…"
"Okay…"
Stephanie is watching Shane walking around having fun with Bruno. Shane is being careful along with the dog. Stephanie laughs as Shane hides from the dog. She looks at Shawn and Hunter wondering who won.
They all then gasped as they heard footsteps. Shawn sees John running as fast as he can. He looks scared; Shawn can tell by the way John looked at him.
He runs to get his jacket. He keeps running towards the door.
"Where are you going?" ask Shawn
"I getting out of here" yells John
"WHAT!' yells Shawn "You can't go"
"Oh yes I can"
"Wait!" Hunter blows his whistle hoping the others will stop him.
"Please…don't go its dangerous"
"I have to…promise or no promise I can't stay here" John opens the door and runs out.
"NO!" yells Shawn
"We have to get him before he gets hurt" says Stephanie "It's dangerous during the night"
"I know…but what can we do" said Shawn
"Maybe….the master can go get him" said Hunter
"I don't know…"
"We have to help him…he can get lost or hurt out there"
Shawn starts panicking on what to do. He can't go out, not like this. He knows there are wolves out there. Stephanie prays nothing happens to him. As they look down with sadness they are footsteps. They all look back to see Taker standing, just staring at the door.
Shawn stares at his master; wondering what he is going do. He is just going to let the young man go. He can't just let him go like.
"Master?" ask Shawn
Taker looks at Shawn. "I did something terrible…"
"It doesn't matter now…you have to go after him" said Shawn
Taker stares blankly at the door.
"It's dangerous out there" said Stephanie "He can get hurt"
"You're right"
Taker starts running after John. He hopes he can catch up to him. He feels really bad but deep down he felt good knowing the young man left. He shakes those thoughts away. The young man is in danger because of him. Taker runs faster on his four legs and tries to find John.
John is riding with Dallas as fast as he can. He keeps his tears inside; he doesn't want to cry. He can't show everyone how frightened he was. He tries to dodge some trees here and there. He keeps going but loses his concentration when he heard wolves howling. He gasps as he sees one up ahead.
"Oh no"
John tells Dallas to keep running. Dallas tries his best to keep running and avoid obstacles in front of him. A wolf jumps in front of Dallas making him lose control.
"It's alright buddy…" John says as he tries to control him. John soothes him and Dallas keeps running. He gasps in fear as he sees a pack of wolves running after them. Dallas can't run as fast in the snow. The wolves can run on it like if it was nothing. Dallas had a hard time getting balance. John moves Dallas towards the tree and knocks out one wolf. John smiles but the frowns as he sees a tree branch. He moves Dallas to the side but the horse slides on ice floor.
Dallas falls along with John. The wolves keep running while John tried to get up. He moves Dallas away from the icy floor. He tries to get on but gets caught on his foot. John is dragged away from Dallas. The horse notice and kicks the horse.
John gets up and grabs a stick. There lots of wolves; he won't be able to jump on Dallas without getting attacked. John swings the big stick hitting some wolves. They all howled as more gather around. John then felt himself being tugged to the ground. He hits with a thud and turns to see a wolf biting down on his jacket cape. John felt a scratch on his arm. He groans in pain and takes the stick to hit the wolf.
He swings again but one wolf catches the stick; breaking it in half. John sees one jumping at him with full force. John gasps and covers himself. He waits to get bitten or thrown to the ground. He doesn't feel anything.
He opens his eyes and sees the beast jumping in front of him and tackles the wolves. John stares with fear as he sees the two fighting. The beast throws the wolf to a tree; knocking it out. The beast stands in front of John; ready to fight.
The beast roars out loud and charges towards the wolves. The pack jumps him; scratching and biting down on the massive beast. John watches; hoping the beast can beat them. He looks at Dallas and runs to him. He takes him to safety.
The beast keeps twisting and turning; throwing the wolves back; fighting them with all he got. He can feel pain all over his body but he won't stop. He has to keep fighting. Taker growls in pain as he felt a scratch deep in his arm. He gasps in pain as he felt a bite on his thigh. He turns around and bits the wolf making it let go. Taker rolls over and grabs the wolf; swinging his paw towards the wolf knocking him off. The wolves look at the leader; who had fallen in pain. Taker roars at them.
The wolves start retreating; all of them start running away. John watches the wolves run; he doesn't know what to do now. He looks at the beast.
The beast is slowly walking towards him. John can see that he is in pain. Taker blinks a few times and takes one step forward. He can't move at all; he lost all his strength. He stares at the young man; hoping he will help him. Taker rolls his eyes and falls down; hitting the ground with a thud. John swallows and runs to Dallas. He now has a chance to escape; he then stops.
He looks at Dallas; who is staring at him with worry. John takes on deep breath and he is about to jump on him. John stops as he looks back at the beast. He looks up ahead; he can hear the wolves howling.
John runs to the beast. He kneels next to him. He tries to lift him; but he can't. He tries again and he fails. He shakes the beast gently.
"Please…wake up" John whispers
The beast opens his eyes slowly and looks at John.
"You have to help me…" whispers John "You have to stand up"
Taker slowly blinks his eyes. He then flinches in pain as he tries to get up. He yelps as he felt his side hurting; along with his thigh. John goes under his arm and lifts him up slowly.
"Come on…please. You can do it"
The beast looks at the young man. He nods and tries again; standing up fully but is leaning on John for support. John whistles Dallas to get to them. John helps the beast on Dallas. Taker tries to stay awake so he doesn't fall off the horse. John slowly takes Dallas along with the beast back to the castle.
They make it to the castle and John helps the beast down. He hold him up and walks inside the castle. The door opens and all of the friends gasps.
"OH my…Master…are you okay?" ask Shawn as he runs to him. "Master…?"
"I'm…I'm…" he growls in pain as he almost falls.
"I need help…we have to get him to bed" said John "You have to keep trying"
The beast nods and follows John to his room. The door opens and they both walk in and John places the beast in bed. The beast growls in pain but manages to lie down. John runs down to get some stuff to help him.
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